HCA Among Best Places to Work in IT (Again!)
It doesn't take an IT pro to do this computation: After scoring a spot at #56 on Computerworld magazine's list of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT 2009, HCA jumped to #42 on this year's list — an improvement of 14 spots! Among large companies (thos... Read More
This June, Encourage Employee Safety
The days are still getting longer, Memorial Day's just around the corner and every teacher and school kid alike is counting down the days left in the school year. That means June is upon us, and at HCA, June has a special significance. Each year ... Read More
Introducing hCare, HCA's Electronic Health Record
We've no doubt made great headway into the Information Age, but the Digital Revolution is far from complete. Witness the shockingly low number of hospitals nationwide that are using electronic records. A study published in the New England Journal of Me... Read More
HCA Announces National 2009 Frist Humanitarian Awards
On April 12, 2010, HCA announced the recipients of the 2009 Frist Humanitarian Awards. Honored at a ceremony in Nashville were Judy Williams, a volunteer at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, CA; Carianna Johnson, a registered nurs... Read More
The HCA Haiti Relief Fund: A Summary
Here's an update and summary of the efforts made by the family of HCA-affiliate employees and some of their partners in compassion to relieve the suffering in Haiti after the tragic earthquake there nearly three months ago. Immediately after the earthq... Read More
HCA Among 100 World's Most Ethical Companies
In Ancient Greece, the word "ethos," from which we derive the English word ethics, was used to mean a "character" in drama. As such, ethos appears as one of the fundamental elements of tragedy in Aristotle's Poetics, alongside others including plot and m... Read More
HCA Nurses Win AORN QuizBowl
Congratulations are in order. At the 57th Congress of AORN (the Association of Perioperative Nurses) held in Denver in mid-March, the team from HCA-affiliate hospital Montgomery Regional in Blacksburg, VA, won that association's annual QuizBowl. The Quiz... Read More
Help Shape the Healthcare Leaders of Tomorrow — Today
As a company, HCA really prides itself on the support it gives to all of its affiliate employees in their pursuit of professional development. We've written about it here before. See, for example, this post on Margaret Lewis, who started as a staff nurse... Read More
HCA and Microsoft to Support "Innovation through Technology"
At a time when the availability of the financial and material support that is so vital to community organizations is diminishing, HCA is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to provide grants totaling $1.25 million in software and cash to help a number of nonp... Read More
HCA’s Haiti Relief Efforts
HCA's employees recognize no boundaries when it comes to their dedication to the care and improvement of human life. In response to the overwhelming desire to help the victims of last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti, the company has established Th... Read More
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